Dalit Identity and Politics

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9508-1
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

Reihe: Cultural Subordination and the Dalit Challenge

This book looks at various aspects related to Dalit identity, movements, and political participation through institutional channels.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shah, Ghanshyam

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Ghanshyam Shah
Dalit Politics
Caste System and Economic Inequality - S K Thorat and R S Deshpande
Economic Theory and Evidence
The Structure of South Indian Untouchable Castes - N Sudhakar Rao
A View
The Language of Dalit-Bahujan Political Discourse - Gopal Guru
Dalitism vs Brahmanism - Kancha Ilaiah
The Epistemological Conflict in History
The Meaning of Ambedkar - Eleanor Zelliot
Ambedkar and After - Gail Omvedt
The Dalit Movement in India
Interface between Ambedkar and the Dalit Cultural Movement in Maharashtra - Gopal Guru
Dalit Movements and the Search for Identity - Ghanshyam Shah
Dalit Literature and Dalit Identity - S P Punalekar
Visions, Illusions and Dilemmas of Dalit Christians in India - Lancy Lobo
From Harijans to Dalits - Sudha Pai
Identity Formation, Political Consciousness and Electoral Mobilization of the Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh
Anatomy of a Dalit Power Player - Abhay Kumar Dubey
A Study of Kanshi Ram
Dalit Assertion through Electoral Politics - Pushpendra

Über Autor(innen)

Shah, Ghanshyam
Ghanshyam Shah is currently Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, The Netherlands. During a rich and distinguished career, he has been Director of the Centre for Social Studies, Surat (1976–85 and again from 1991 to 1996); Dr Ambedkar Chair Professor at the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (1996–97); and Professor in Social Sciences at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, (1997–2003).

Professor Shah has taught in the Department of Public Administration at South Gujarat University; and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Banaras Hindu University and at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, among others. He was awarded the V.K.R.V. Rao prize in Political Science Research in 1979 and 1980, and the University Grants Commission National Award in Political Science in 1998. Ghanshyam Shah has authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, including Social Movements and the State (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics (2001) and Public Health and Urban Development: The Study of the Surat Plague (1997).